U.S. Government Lesson Steps

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U.S. GovernmentLesson Steps

• 8/10/15

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Complete The Revolutionary War The Declaration
of Independence Video Analysis Standard
SSCG12 Review Quiz
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Standard Elements

• SSCG3
• The student will demonstrate knowledge of the
  United States Constitution.
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Enduring Understandings

• The students will understand that Framers of the
  Constitution created a document that addressed
  the major concerns of the states attending the
  Constitutional Convention. By reaching compromise
  on items in which they disagreed, the Framers
  created a new national government capable of
  handling the nations problems.

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Essential Questions

• 1. How does the Virginia Plan compare and
  contrast with the New Jersey Plan?
• 2. How did the Connecticut Compromise resolve
  the most serious dispute of the Constitutional
  Convention?
• 3. How did the Three-Fifths Compromise resolved
  the issue of states population?
• 4. How did the Commerce and Slave Trade resolve
  the issue of Congress power to regulate foreign
  and interstate trade?

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Class Activities

• Complete
• Creating the Constitution
• Guided Reading
• and
• Amending the U.S. Constitution
• Reading Comprehension
• Ticket out the Door